The spumous and florid state of the blood. --Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]
The spumy waves proclaim the watery war. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
spumy — adjective see spume I … New Collegiate Dictionary
spumy — See spumous. * * * … Universalium
spumy — adjective frothy, emitting froth or spume Syn: spumous … Wiktionary
spumy — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Consisting of or resembling foam: foamy, frothy, lathery, spumous, sudsy, yeasty. See SOLID … English dictionary for students
spumy — a. Foamy, frothy, spumous … New dictionary of synonyms
spumy — adjective emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation bubbling champagne foamy (or frothy) beer • Syn: ↑bubbling, ↑bubbly, ↑foaming, ↑foamy, ↑frothy, ↑effervescing … Useful english dictionary
Spumous — Spum ous (sp[=u]m [u^]s), Spumy Spum y (sp[=u]m [y^]), a. [L. spumosus, fr. spuma foam: cf. F. spumeux.] Consisting of, containing, or covered with, froth, scum, or foam; frothy; foamy. [1913 Webster] The spumous and florid state of the blood.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
foamy — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. bubbly, creamy, lathery; see frothy 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. frothy, lathery, fizzy, bubbly, effervescent, spumy, soapy, sudsy, creamy. ANT.: flat, uncarbonated III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective… … English dictionary for students
bubbling — adjective 1. emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation bubbling champagne foamy (or frothy) beer • Syn: ↑bubbly, ↑foaming, ↑foamy, ↑frothy, ↑effervescing, ↑spumy … Useful english dictionary
effervescing — adjective emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation bubbling champagne foamy (or frothy) beer • Syn: ↑bubbling, ↑bubbly, ↑foaming, ↑foamy, ↑frothy, ↑spumy … Useful english dictionary
